Over 600 ex-Israeli security chiefs appeal to Trump to end Gaza war
‘You did it in Lebanon. Time to do it in Gaza as well,’ reads letter by Commanders for Israel’s Security movement
ISTANBUL
More than 600 former Israeli security chiefs urged US President Donald Trump to help end the ongoing war in the Gaza Strip.
The appeal was made in a letter sent to Trump by the signatories on Sunday, including former Mossad chief Tamir Pardo, former Shin Bet chief Ami Ayalon, and former deputy Israeli army chief Matan Vilnai, calling for pressure on Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to end the conflict.
“Stop the Gaza War! On behalf of CIS, Israel’s largest group of former IDF (army) generals and Mossad, Shin Bet, Police, and Diplomatic Corps equivalents, we urge you to end the Gaza war,” read the letter shared by Commanders for Israel’s Security (CIS) movement on X.
“You did it in Lebanon. Time to do it in Gaza as well,” they added.
Rejecting international calls for a ceasefire, the Israeli army has pursued a brutal offensive on Gaza since Oct. 7, 2023, killing more than 60,800 Palestinians, most of them women and children. The military campaign has devastated the enclave and brought it to the verge of famine.
Last November, the International Criminal Court issued arrest warrants for Netanyahu and his former Defense Minister Yoav Gallant for war crimes and crimes against humanity in Gaza.
Israel also faces a genocide case at the International Court of Justice for its war on the enclave.
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